ALSA-INFO(8)

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💖 ALSA-INFO(8) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the System Manager's Manual section of your terminal, because we're talking about alsa-info and honestly? she's a whole vibe. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

alsa-info — a command-line utility that goes and gathers up all the info about the ALSA subsystem. it's giving detective but for sound stuff. 🕵️♀️🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

alsa-info [options]

like yes, that's it, that's the whole thing, she's simple and she's iconic for it 💅

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so alsa-info is this command-line utility that gathers information about the ALSA subsystem. and before you ask — yes, it's mostly for debugging purposes. she's not here to be glamorous, she's here to collect receipts and hand them over so somebody smarter than us can figure out why your sound is being weird. 📋🔍

💜 OPTIONS 💜

  • --upload — uploads the contents to the server (that's www.alsa-project.org or pastebin.ca, iykyk). sending it off into the world fr fr 🌈
  • --no-upload — do NOT upload the contents to the remote server. keeping it local, keeping it private, we love a boundaries moment 🫶
  • --stdout — prints all the info straight to standard output. no file, just vibes on your screen 👑
  • --output FILE — pick the file you want the output to go into, but only in no-upload mode. specify it, name it, make it yours 🎀
  • --debug — runs the utility like normal, but it will not delete the file (which is usually /tmp/alsa-info.txt). so you get to keep the leftovers for later 🔥
  • --with-aplay — also includes the output from aplay -l. extra credit, extra detail ⭐
  • --with-amixer — also includes the output from amixer. more data, more better 🍓
  • --with-alsactl — also includes the output from alsactl. yes bestie, collect them all 🧚
  • --with-configs — also includes the output from ~/.asoundrc and /etc/asound.conf — but only if they exist, so don't come for her if they're not there 🙈
  • --update — checks the server for updates. staying current, staying fresh 💫
  • --about — prints info about the authors. giving credit where credit is due, periodt 👏

🌟 EXAMPLES 🌟

  • alsa-info --no-upload — will gather all the information and show you the output file. that's the whole move. lowkey perfect 🎀
alsa-info --no-upload

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

aplay(1) amixer(1) alsactl(1)

go read those too bestie, they're all in the same friend group 💖

👑 AUTHOR 👑

alsa-info was created by the ALSA team — and if you wanna know more, just run --about, they'll tell you themselves. iconic behaviour honestly 🌸

and that's the whole page bestie!! this came out of the System Manager's Manual corner of the world, dated 13 January 2016, and it lives under the name ALSA-INFO(8). mwah, slay, go debug something 💅✨🎀

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